Connecting a SAS card directly to the Supermicro riser slot

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As above.

So I found a good deal on a Supermicro 1u/2u board

https://www.supermicro.com/aplus/motherboard/opteron6000/sr56x0/H8DGU-F.cfm

According to the manual the riser slot is PCIe 16x (+8x slot).

I’ll be using the board in your everyday case that can support EATX boards.

I’m hoping Supermicro didn’t move all the power pins from the PCIe slot to the UIO port.

Thanks

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Is there a question I can answer? That board is proprietary and has little purpose outside of the server chassis it was designed for.

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The riser according to the manual is PCIe 16x. I’m wondering if I can install a card directly.

I can easily remove the card bracket and insert the card.

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It looks like to me that pcie x16 slot is set back further than normal. You wouldn’t be able to use it that way in a regular case without some sort of riser/adapter.

Also isn’t a Opteron setup really old and power hungry? Much better platforms to build from.

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It is set back from normal boards but I can always remove the card bracket if I needed to…

I already know it’s an old setup. That much is obvious :grinning:

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So what’s the problem…just getter done.

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Well the question hasn’t been answered yet. I cannot just test it because I don’t have the board yet… (As inferred in the first post)

Feel free to ignore if have no experience on the topic :grinning:

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Install the card.